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BANGKOK, Aug 7 (TNA) - The Energy Ministry has coordinated efforts with PTT Public Company Limited and Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited to accelerate increasing the number of oil service stations where bio-diesel is available to 200 within this year.

7/8/2006 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Environmental groups are criticizing the government for setting aside funds to counter a public relations campaign against its extensive palm oil plantation projects.

7/8/06 (AP) CLEVELAND - Eating just one meal high in saturated fat - in this case, carrot cake and a milkshake - can quickly prevent "good" cholesterol from protecting the body against clogged arteries, a small study shows.

7/8/06 CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Increasing global appetite for biodiesel and other biofuels is driving demand for vegetable oils to historic levels in world markets, leading to higher prices for vegetable oils relative to meals and causing soybean crushers to reevaluate their business models, according to a new study by Rabobank's Food and Agribusiness Research group released Monday.

3/7/06 (daily Express News) - THE Rural Development Ministry has been directed to explain the present status of the oil palm plantation earmarked for the hardcore poor eradication programme (PPRT) project to assist local villagers in Tongod near Sandakan six years ago.

7/8/06 (The Edge Daily) - An international conference on biodiesel will take place in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 22-23, which will be participated by leading international biodiesel experts.

2/8/06 Tokyo, JCN) - Chubu Electric Power has announced plans to build two biomass power plants in the eastern province of Sabah, Malaysia.

4/8/07 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Indonesia has earmarked 6 million hectares for development of its biofuel industry, part of plans to reduce its dependence on crude oil and susceptibility to price fluctuations, its energy minister said Friday.

3/8/06 KARACHI (Business Rocorder): Palm oil supply to upcountry refineries has halted completely for the last 5/6 days and the edible oil producers of the country are in a fix as two big contractors associations which supply imported palm oil from Karachi port to upcountry destinations are locked horns with each other, sources told Business Recorder on Wednesday.

2/8/06 (Friend of The Earth) - The supermarket chain Morrisons today (Wednesday 2 August) announced it will join international efforts to tackle the problems caused by palm oil, following a campaign to highlight the threat to orang-utans posed by the crop.

1/8/06 (The Star) - MIRI: Eco-friendly mats developed from discarded oil palm bunches will be used at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

31/7/06 (The Star) - PPB Oil Palms Bhd plans to venture into downstream biodiesel production in Indonesia to cater to its extensive oil palm plantation operations in that country.